PMID:16511320
| Citation |
Parsons, JF, Shi, K, Calabrese, K and Ladner, JE (2006) Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of salicylate synthase, a chorismate-utilizing enyme involved in siderophore biosynthesis. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 62:271-4 |
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| Abstract |
Bacteria have evolved elaborate schemes that help them thrive in environments where free iron is severely limited. Siderophores such as yersiniabactin are small iron-scavenging molecules that are deployed by bacteria during iron starvation. Several studies have linked siderophore production and virulence. Yersiniabactin, produced by several Enterobacteriaceae, is derived from the key metabolic intermediate chorismic acid via its conversion to salicylate by salicylate synthase. Crystals of salicylate synthase from the uropathogen Escherichia coli CFT073 have been grown by vapour diffusion using polyethylene glycol as the precipitant. The monoclinic (P2(1)) crystals diffract to 2.5 A. The unit-cell parameters are a = 57.27, b = 164.07, c = 59.04 A, beta = 108.8 degrees. The solvent content of the crystals is 54% and there are two molecules of the 434-amino-acid protein in the asymmetric unit. It is anticipated that the structure will reveal key details about the reaction mechanism and the evolution of salicylate synthase. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2197189 Online version:10.1107/S1744309106005677 |
| Keywords |
Chorismic Acid/metabolism; Crystallization/methods; Crystallography, X-Ray; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Lyases/chemistry; Siderophores/biosynthesis |
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